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R.I.P. Second Life, et al

Two people for whom I have great respect are on opposite sides of an important issue: Second Life.

For those not in the know, Second Life is a virtual online world where people live, work, love and die. I tried it for 10 minutes and found it the dullest thing this side of... the real world.

My friend Darryl Ohrt - cool-uber-guru over at design and branding firm Plaid - has long maintained that Second Life was the coolest thing since Men at Work roared onto the music scene in 1982.

My friend Ashlee Vance, tech reporter and Silicon Valley scholar-in-residence at The New York Times blogs that virtual life is... dead.

Sorry Darryl. Gotta side with Ashlee on this one. He's younger than you and has written a whole book, which automatically makes him the smartest person I know. When your book comes out, I'm sure it will eclipse Ashlee's in scope and wisdom.

And to all you Morlocks living in Second Life for the past couple of years: Come into the light and join us Eloi here on the surface.

Comments

Um...your friend says in the blog that the *hype* is dead, not that the worlds are dead. Good riddance to the hype (they weren't ready!), but the companies/industry/worlds are still growing at a steady pace.

Listen, I don't know what bee crawled under your bonnet that you felt the need to disparage us. And who the heck is this Eloi fella? I bet he would never take you on a cross-country bicycle adventure...